Michal Gutman Unveils “War Boys” – Part of Bold New Singles Project 2025–2026
Artist: Michal Gutman
Single: War Boys
Release Date: July 25 2026
Michal Gutman, the one-woman-band known for her intensely theatrical and sonically adventurous performances, announces the continuation of her 2025–2026 singles project with the release of “War Boys” the project’s second track.
A master of loops, polyrhythms, and unconventional harmonies, Gutman performs solo with bass guitar, loop station, two microphones, and a touch-pad synthesizer, creating a sound that drifts between cabaret theatrics, 80s club dance-floor energy, and dreamlike cinematic soundscapes. Each track in this singles project explores identity in times of catastrophe, the tension between personal and societal grief, and the pursuit of beauty within chaos.
“War Boys” follows her critically acclaimed 2024 solo album Never Coming Home and a decade of recording and touring with her band Whaling Snails, resulting in the albums ‘Songs For Yael’ (2015) and ‘The Wind Around Your Heart’ (2019).
Never Coming Home received high praise from critics:
“Not since Poe’s Haunted, have I heard an album straddle the line between fragile and confrontational so aptly… It’s as if she’s made this beautiful object and is now threatening to smash it to pieces. That’s the beautifully unhinged quality of Michal Gutman’s art, a musical glass cannon.” — Kendon Luscher, Bearded Gentlemen Music
“‘Never Coming Home’ is a darkly beautiful album; an album of twisted musical discovery… Musically stark and bewitching like an unused broken fairground ride. A bass guitar has never sounded so much like the faded remnants of an old lover’s final kiss. Quite simply stunning.” — Brian ‘Bordello’ O’Shea, Monolith Cocktail
Words and Music: Michal Gutman
Recorded and Mixed by: Yiftah Yeshurun at Salon Kalon Studios, Gan Shmuel
Personnel:
- Michal Gutman – Vocals, Bass, Korg Kaossilator
- Yiftah Yeshurun – Programming, Guitars
- Tuval Brown – Drums and Percussion
- Tamar Zinger – Backing Vocals
Follow Michal Gutman
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michal.e.gutman/
BandCamp: https://michalgutman.bandcamp.com/track/war-boys
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3llGE6fxw3VBHaYEMEDLGJ